Bible Location
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Havvoth-jair refers to the towns or encampments associated with Jair in the transjordanian lands of Gilead and Bashan. It is important because the name marks both conquest-era possession and later local leadership in the east. First appears in Num 32:41.1
AI summary: Havvoth-jair is significant because it describes a cluster of settlements rather than a single city, reflecting the way eastern territory was consolidated and remembered. Deuteronomy and Numbers tie the name to Jair's capture and naming of towns in Bashan, while Judges shows the name still functioning in relation to local rule generations later. Chronicles keeps the memory connected to contested eastern history. The cross references present Havvoth-jair as a named settlement-group embodying possession, naming, and continuity in the transjordan.1
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.